Panem High- an Everlark Fanfic

Chapter ~9~

Peeta POV

I wake up early and put the presents I got Katniss under the tree. I see a few that she put down there for me last night. I smile thinking about spending my first Christmas of hopefully many, with her. I go into the kitchen and start making some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Once I get them in the oven I head back to my room. I see Katniss's peaceful, sleeping face. I lean down and lightly kiss her nose. I see her slowly wake up. She sits up and and I say "Merry Christmas darling." She stands up and wraps her arms around me. She says "I love you." I smile and say "I love you too. So much." She puts on a pair of sweatpants and we head back out to the living room, hand in hand. We both get some cinnamon rolls and then we go into the living room. I start a fire in the fire place and then sit down next to Katniss. Her phone dings, signaling she got a text. She looks at it and her face falls. she puts her phone on silent and puts it away in her pocket. She doesn't say anything about it, so I don't ask.

Once we are done eating we get out presents. Katniss immediately tears into hers. I got her a locket with a picture of me and her on one side, and a photo of her, prim, her dad, and her mom. A tear slips down her cheek as she looks at it. She slips it on and says "Thank you Peeta." I smile and say "of course Kat." I open a present from her and it's a collage of pictures of us. We were always best friends even before we were a couple. She opens her next present from me. It's a guitar I painted to look like a night sky. In one of the constellations there are our initials with a heart around them. I open my next gift and it's a box with a card in it. I laugh and pull it out. I open it up and a sheet of notebook paper falls out along with seven hundred dollar bills. I say "Holly crap Kat! You didn't need to give me that much money." She grins and says "It's the least I could do. And if you've forgotten, I have a rich stepfather!" I smile and then start reading the letter.

"My beloved Peeta,
Thank you so much. You are the most amazing boy I've ever met. I love you so much. Your beautiful, sparkling blue eyes still make my stomach flutter. And the way your golden hair falls is perfect. And your body. I quite obviously love it. But I am in love with you. Your personality. You care so much for others, even though you've been through so much. You are the nicest and most caring person. I do not know how I could have gotten so lucky to have your love. You are too good for me. I could live a hundred life times and never deserve you. You are just so amazing. I love you. I love you so much. I do not know what I would do without you. You are my best friend. I love you.
Forever and always,
Katniss. "

I feel a tear slip out of my eye. I say "Kat, thank you." She hugs me and says "I- I'm not good with words." I chuckle and she starts opening her last present. It is a large canvas I've painted for her. In the middle I wrote in fancy, bold, black letters "My love for you is real, always." All around it there are wildflowers and pictures I painted of us. A huge smile spreads over her face as she says "I love it! Thank you so much!" She grabs my hand and drags me to the couch. She pushes me so I'm sitting down and then she climbs on top of me so she's straddling my lap. Then she slams her lips into mine with passion. I moan as she pushes her body against mine and gently pulls at my hair. She breaks apart and says "Do you want to go to the bedroom?" I grin and say "Sounds fun! But we promised to go meet the group in about twenty minutes." She frowns and says "We could do it fast." I chuckle and say "Just wait until tonight!" She grins and says "Fine. Come here." She lays down on the couch and I lie beside her. There isn't really room for both of us though so she lays on top of me and gently presses her lips to mine. I smile widely and say "I love you Katniss." She gives me another soft kiss before saying "I love you too."

After that we get up and get dressed to meet the group. I'm wearing jeans and a sweater. Katniss has put her hair in a high ponytail and she is wearing tight skinny jeans with a red, white, and green sweater. She walks out of the room and I have to try hard not to stare at her butt in her tight jeans. She hollers back "I know you're enjoying the view Peeta, but we're going to be late!" I blush and then smile as I jog to catch up to her. Once we have our shoes and coats on we head out to my car. We meet the group at a coffee shop a few miles from the bakery. Once we go in Finnick yells "You're late! Were you having some FUN?" I shake my head at him as he wriggles his eyebrows. Katniss playfully hits him with the hand I'm not holding and says "Knock it off O'dair!" He continues to laugh as we sit down. We all decided not to exchange gifts because we are all broke teenagers, except Kat. She buys us all coffee. We sit and talk to everybody for awhile before Katniss goes to the bathroom with Annie to talk in private. As soon as they are gone Finnick says "So Peeta, did you get some before coming here?" I say "No Finnick!" He laughs and says "Well I did!" I chuckle and say "Too much information!"